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Native American pictographs and petroglyphs. No directions or waypoints to rock art sites unless they are already known or published.

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Cupule Cave

Cupule Cave

While on a trip with the late great Roger Mitchell, we stopped to visit a little boulder cave in the Mojave Desert. The cave is only a few feet long, but a large, flat granite boulder is in the center. Its surface is covered with cupules and edges polished smooth

Clamshell Petroglyphs

Clamshell Petroglyphs

The Clamshell Petroglyphs are an easy-to-reach Anasazi site just outside of Fredonia, Arizona. These petroglyphs and pictographs are so old they are hard to see at all. Some interesting designs include some anthropomorphic figures, a water glyph, a six-toed footprint that could be a bear paw, and spirals. Lots of

Quail Point Petroglyphs

Quail Point Petroglyphs

I met up with a few friends to explore a lesser-visited petroglyph site in Arizona. We didn’t know what we would find. We discovered Quail Point has hundreds of petroglyphs and was certainly worth the trip. The petroglyphs here show influence from the Gila (Hohokam), Desert Western Archaic, and

Marble Bath Pictographs

Marble Bath Pictographs

There is a place way out in the backcountry of Death Valley National Park called Marble Bath. Actually, it is two places. Why there are two Marble Baths is a bit of a story. The real Marble Bath is a narrow marble canyon that contains some potholes (also called tinajas

Angel Canyon Ruin

Angel Canyon Ruin

Back in the summer of 2013, we took a quick trip to Utah. One of the places we visited was a small set of Anasazi ruins in two alcoves near Angel Canyon. It was an interesting hike to get out there. Some bushwhacking was involved. The ruins turned out to

Newberry Cave Pictographs

Newberry Cave Pictographs

Nestled high in the mountains above Barstow, Newberry Cave sits quietly and unassumingly. Caves and pictographs are both rare in the Mojave Desert; this is a unique and amazing place. The cave was first discovered by locals in the 1930s but wasn’t excavated until 1953 by Dr. Gerald Smith,

Lida Wash Petroglyphs

Lida Wash Petroglyphs

Lida Wash, in the Palmetto Mountains of western Nevada, doesn't see much traffic. While on our way to another petroglyph site, we spotted these very faint petroglyphs carved into volcanic ash. The petroglyphs appear to be of the Desert Archaic Abstract style. They blend in very well and